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Showing some respect: Places around the world named after famous Israelis

At a time when the word "Israel" evokes controversy and extreme hostility in many places, it is moving to recall eras and locations where Israelis were actually a source of admiration.

|ByEYAL SHAPIRA
In April 2004, about nine years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, an emotional official ceremony took place in the heart of Berlin to commemorate Israel’s fifth prime minister. Yitzhak-Rabin-Straße.
President Isaac Herzog held its open Sukkah event.

Herzog holds annual presidential Sukkot event with shows, culture, activities targeted for children

This year, the sukkah looked like a bare-bones movie set. In previous years, it was decorated with the best of Israel’s flowers, fruits, and vegetables.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A Palestinian man walks next to a vehicle damaged in what Palestinians say was an Israeli settlers attack, in Deir Abu Masha'al, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, September 28, 2026.

Netanyahu condemns riots in West Bank, calls to fully prosecute extremist settlers involved

Settler extremists threw stones, assaulted IDF and Border Police, and set fire to property throughout the area, actions which members of the establishment utterly condemned.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV, IDAN KWELLER
President Herzog at the Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony, on Sunday, September 6.

Herzog awards Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor to 11 distinguished figures

It is the highest civilian recognition awarded by the State of Israel, presented to leading figures both in Israel and abroad in government, culture, and public service. 

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV

Herzog to visit bereaved families in Efrat

President Herzog will visit Ohr Torah Stone’s Neveh Shmuel High School to offer comfort after the loss of eight alumni in the Israel-Hamas War, meeting with students, faculty, and bereaved families.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Efrat.

President Herzog hosts delegation of Catholic pilgrims from Senegal

Amid protests, President Herzog hosts Senegal’s Bishop Diatta and pilgrims in Jerusalem.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog.

Navigating rabbinical ordination and leadership in Israel’s modern context - opinion

After completing the rigorous process for rabbinical ordination, I faced an unexpected hurdle due to the lack of a chief rabbi in Israel. Here's my journey.

JULY 25, 2024ByELI FRIEDMAN
The writer meets with President Isaac Herzog, then serving as Jewish Agency chairman, in 2020, holding a discussion on the subject of rabbinic heritage.

Grapevine July 19, 2024: Protests follow PM to Washington

Movers and shakers in Israeli Society.

JULY 20, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
EFRAT DUVDEVANI, executive director of the Peres Center, with Tomer Raved and Naftali Bennett.

Grapevine, July 5, 2024: Jerusalem gains another ambassador

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 6, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ORANGE IS the United Hatzalah color. It was also the color worn by protesters who tried to prevent the evacuation of Jewish communities from Gaza in the summer of 2005. Miriam Adelson (center), pictured at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new United Hatzalah emergency fleet.

Grapevine June 28, 2024: Hailing women diplomats

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 28, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
SENATOR JOHN Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) with President Isaac Herzog, who was genuinely delighted to meet with such a solid supporter of Israel.

Grapevine, June 14, 2024: Shuttle diplomacy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 14, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in Israel to discuss furthering a ceasefire deal proposal, June 11, 2024

My Word: The Hague’s moral haze leaves a stain on history

Khan wanted to leave his mark. And he has. It’s a dark, bloody bruise. A stain on history. 

MAY 24, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
HAMAS SUPPORTERS protest at the headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, soon after the Gaza war was launched in October, last year.

Grapevine, May 15, 2024: Confusion between national defense and racism

Eurovision, Einstein and the global politics.

MAY 15, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
EDEN GOLAN, representing Israel, performs ‘Hurricane’ during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, last week.

Reporter's Notebook: Independence Day with the war in mind

For all that tragedy in the background of this year's ceremony, there was a spirit of hope and optimism in the air.

MAY 14, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
People walk on Jaffa street in Jerusalem, during Israel's 76th Independence Day celebrations, May 13, 2024.